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Productivity at home really depends on a lot of factors. Industries that require a lot of collaboration suffer greatly in telework situations. Training also suffers greatly. About 20% of the general workforce enjoy telework (large majority of the tech industry) while most prefer the social climate of an office.
I can attest that I prefer an office to my home. I built my home around comfort and joy. I hated working from it. It felt like work was invading my personal life.
Same. Of course it depends on the job, doing 4 in office and .5-1 at home could work but I already have a hard enough time trying to forget about work and not let it stress me out at home when they're separate.
Plus I go a bit stir crazy being at home all the time.
But if someone wants it and it's possible then why not?
I thrive in working from home environments. I put headphones on which makes me feel "locked in" to my work. I never had that benefit at work where people would constantly be asking me irrelevant questions or just striking up conversation.
I also would be in a very, very sour mood and tired because traveling to work ruined my personality before I even get there, plus I would end up stealing hours from sleep to make up for the loss, which would make me exhausted.
All in all, the ability to work from home is a natural progression of the benefits technology provides. It is foolish to push back against it. The benefits are so obvious.
I hated working from home, it's not for me. As soon as I could I went back to the office and I've turned down jobs that require too much WFH.
However, I do work with a lot of WFH people. My only "complaint" about their "productivity" is to please, for the love of God, have them working the same timezone hours as the area they are servicing if their job is time sensetive. If I need to get ahold of someone anytime something goes wrong with a hauler cause you're the only one with access to the system then don't have your work day be hours off from typical trucking hours in my location! Looking at you logistics...
Most people enjoy the social climate of an office? what??
Yes and we know this is not the case in the tech industry. It's the exception.